Candy-lifter



G. H. SCHMAND.

CANDY LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 10, 1920.

Patented July 26, 1921.

$50,957. scf/MA/v GEORGE H. SCHMAND, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

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y Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26', 1921.

Application filed January 10, 1920. Serial No. 350,604.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. SCHMAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy- Lifters, of which the following is a specilication. o

This invention relates to an improved candy lifter, particularly adapted for use in connection with handling the candies from the candy cutting machine.

The principal object kof the invention is to provide a candy lifter or handler whereby the candies may be sanitarily conveyed from one place to another and whereby sticks associated with the lifter areremov able therefrom to provide finger sticks or handles adapted to be permanently attached to butter-cups, kisses or other candies.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l represents a, plan view of one form of lifter constituting this invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.V

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a different form of the lifter with the sticks broken off; and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The lifter 20 constituting this invention, one form of which is illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 and a slightly different form in Figs. 4 to 5, comprises an elongated supporting member, preferably a sheet metal plate 21 which is designed to be of a length corresponding to a length of the cutter such as is used for cutting candy kisses, etc. This plate 21 is provided with a plurality of series of out-struck loops or stirrups 23,

, two of which are shown in each series arranged transversely of the plate and alined with each other. These alining loops 23 are designed to receive and support pins or sticks 24 constructed of any suitable mateu rial, which are intended as supports for the pieces of candy cut by the cutter. The ends of the sticks or pins to be embedded in the candy are preferably tapered and project beyond one edge of the plate 21, as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The opposed edge of the plate is rolled toprovide a hand grip 22 for facilitating the handling of the lifter.

From the above description it will be obvious that this lifter may be used in Connection with a cutter, not shown, and when so used will have the sticks 24 disposed betweenthe blades, so that when the pliable strip of candy is laid over these blades and sticks, the forcing down of the movable cutting section of the cutter will operate to permanently embed the sticks in the candy so that when the lifter is removed all of the pieces of candy cut will be simultaneously removed from the cutter and they may be individually taken from the lifter 20 byA slipping out the sticks from the loops 23, and the lifter is other sticks for another operation.

In Figs. 4 and 5 aplate 25 of sheet metal is shown having inturned or rolled side edges 28 and stick receiving seats .formed by out-struck tongues 26, each series comprising a plurality of these seats, two being preferably used, and each seat is composed of two tongues extending toward each other as is shown clearly in Fig. 4 and which are off-set from the plate 25 a sufficient distance to permit the sticks 27 to be slipped be tween them and the plate in the same manner that the sticks 24 are usedin connection with plate 21.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changesY may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A candy lifter comprising a hat plate then ready to receive and means for detachably connecting plurality Aof sticks thereto in approximately the same plane therewith whereby thesticks will project beyond said means. Q

2. A portable candy handling device cornprising a plate upon which a plurality of removable vsticks are fastened with their ends projecting beyond said `plate `whereby the plate may be transported together With the sticks which are adapted AIto b'e @attached to candies Without the "candy Icontacting c with said l.pla'te.

3. Acandy liftercomprisinfga plate having a :plurality of longitudinally fspaced series of loops carried thereby, the `loops tof the VVseries extending transversely of `the plate .and spaced apart, for mountingfla Vplurality of removable pins'islidable in-Ssaid loops with'corresponding ends Vprojec'ting beyond one 'edge fof the plate. i

4. A portable candy handlingdevicercomprising plate means. for removably isupporting va plurality lfof sticks thereon7 and one edgeof said kpl'ate being Ifolded `upon itself to provide an `abutment to Alen-*gage with corresponding ends of the sticks to cause their opposite ends to project beyond a@ @ma 6. A candy handling device comprising a :supporting member y'having a plurality of strrups struck `"th'ereflrom to removably receive' fa plurality di sticks for pins Lvvihioh yare .adapted :to fbefpermanently attached to candies.

7. candy 'handling device comprising va flat plate having means for removablyretaining *a plurality fof sticks in lapproximately the fsame plane therewith.

rInftestifrnony'fvvherso" yflahx my signature in presence -fo'f two Witnesses.

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EUGENIA Serrat-AND, C. V. Seem. 

